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Will cryptocurrency mining soon saturate AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud?

The Last Watchdog

Cryptojacking, as defined by the Federal Trade Commission , is the use of JavaScript code to capture cryptocurrencies in users’ browsers without asking permission. Bilogorskiy: Before 2013 a lot of malware was focused on spam, DDoS and monetizing through malicious advertising and ad fraud. Bilogorskiy: Exactly. It was insane.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Image: treasury.gov. On May 7, the U.S.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

The mobile malware Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Agent.aq Last year was notable for both malware and adware, the two very close in terms of capabilities. Interestingly enough, the share of adware attacks increased in relation to mobile malware in general. They typically work with malware developers to achieve this.

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IT threat evolution Q3 2024

SecureList

The malware utilizes cloud resources for its C2 (command and control) servers, which it accesses via APIs using authentication tokens. While the modus operandi of the threat actor is reminiscent of the CloudWizard APT that we reported on in 2023, the malware code is completely different.

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US Treasury FinCEN linked $5.2 billion in BTC transactions to ransomware payments

Security Affairs

FinCEN analyzed a data set composed of 2,184 SARs filed between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2021 and identified 177 CVC (convertible virtual currency) wallets addresses that were used in ransomware operations associated with the above ransomware variants. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet

Security Affairs

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world. Botnet operators use to spread the malware via cracked or pirated software and pay-per-install (PPI) schemes.

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NullMixer: oodles of Trojans in a single dropper

SecureList

NullMixer is a dropper leading to an infection chain of a wide variety of malware families. These websites are often related to crack, keygen and activators for downloading software illegally, and while they may pretend to be legitimate software, they actually contain a malware dropper. Malware execution instructions.

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